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senator donnelly: how are we doing on interagency cooperation here at home? better than ever before? director clapper: that is the reason my job was created after 9/11. to promote integration here in this country. i would like to think that it is better. i was around before 9/11, so it is better, but there is always improvement. we are not as mature on the domestic side but i think we have made a lot of progress there. senator donnelly: thank you. >> director clapper, what do you assess as a side -- assess as as ssad's -- director clapper: as long as a side -- as long as assad felt that this was something to be used only against isil, he would probably be ok with it. but he would probably have a hard time determining whether it was a threat to isil or just him -- or to him. he could easily consider that force as a threat. >> do you believe you are receiving good intelligence? director clapper: we have a lot of intelligence gaps in syria principally because we are not there. we are working at it to come up with more intelligence from syria, but that is a tough
senator donnelly: how are we doing on interagency cooperation here at home? better than ever before? director clapper: that is the reason my job was created after 9/11. to promote integration here in this country. i would like to think that it is better. i was around before 9/11, so it is better, but there is always improvement. we are not as mature on the domestic side but i think we have made a lot of progress there. senator donnelly: thank you. >> director clapper, what do you assess...
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senator donnelly: in regards to isis, our push is to get them out of iraq. when they are gone, does that threat level come down at home? director clapper: i think it would at least reduce the threat some, but as if the caliphate is extended to other locations, which is what isil is trying to do, then we will have that to contend with. there will be some reduction in the threat because if isil were defeated in iraq and syria, at least you have done away with a substantial safe haven. which would serve to reduce the threat some. senator donnelly: when you look to libya, is that one of the key places they look at now as a place where they can try to grow? director clapper: that is probably the most troublesome just because of the conditions in libya. two competing governments fighting with each other. in addition to isil, there are probably six or eight other terrorist groups that have gathered in libya. it is a magnet. it is essentially ungoverned. senator donnelly: when you look at a place that is ungoverned right on the mediterranean, what do you see as the
senator donnelly: in regards to isis, our push is to get them out of iraq. when they are gone, does that threat level come down at home? director clapper: i think it would at least reduce the threat some, but as if the caliphate is extended to other locations, which is what isil is trying to do, then we will have that to contend with. there will be some reduction in the threat because if isil were defeated in iraq and syria, at least you have done away with a substantial safe haven. which would...
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senator donnelly? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank all of you for your service to the country. you've all done so many extraordinary things for us. my fellow hoosier congressman buier is here and thank you to all of you. i also want to say the importance of the extended care that you're providing for exceptional family members, what you have done in that area is really significant and will change lives for family after family. general correlly, i wanted to ask you about the unified drug form larry between d.o.d. and v.a. you have done exceptional work in trying to stop the scourge of suicide. and you have worked tirelessly to provide solutions and answers here. and if you would tell us a little bit the challenge when you transfer from d.o.d. to v.a., with the drug form larry and what that is causing. >> well, thank you for that question, senator. i really appreciate that. when i was vice chief of staff of the army, i had no idea that there were two different drug formularies. i really believed that every soldier who us
senator donnelly? >> thank you, mr. chairman. i want to thank all of you for your service to the country. you've all done so many extraordinary things for us. my fellow hoosier congressman buier is here and thank you to all of you. i also want to say the importance of the extended care that you're providing for exceptional family members, what you have done in that area is really significant and will change lives for family after family. general correlly, i wanted to ask you about the...
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senator donnelly please allow debate. we got virtually no coverage back home in local media.nd it on our facebook page they spoke directly to him. lou: with all due respect, senator, i'm talking about a national campaign, it is a national issue, one of which you have the funding, the money, and you said and i compliment you, i congratulate you, you're talking about this isn't a vote on a matter of achieving a record, it is not to expose hypocrisy, frankly that is so obvious, in that town, it is however, a constitutional crisis in the offing and it's going to be exacerbated perhaps as a result of the actions that are taken today and tomorrow leading into friday. >> we didn't create this constitutional crisis the president did. we have a responsibility to step into it. you know lou, my only point would be could more have been done from a paid campaign? but at times it seems like the mainstream media is on their side, too. we got to work and fight through that. lou: and unfortunately congressman, as you and i both know, that's not an appearance that's a fact. >> that's easy. >>
senator donnelly please allow debate. we got virtually no coverage back home in local media.nd it on our facebook page they spoke directly to him. lou: with all due respect, senator, i'm talking about a national campaign, it is a national issue, one of which you have the funding, the money, and you said and i compliment you, i congratulate you, you're talking about this isn't a vote on a matter of achieving a record, it is not to expose hypocrisy, frankly that is so obvious, in that town, it is...
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. >> senator donnelly. >> thank you mr. chairman. there are a number of statutory provisions that should render guantanamo detainees relocated to the u.s. inned inadmissible under immigration laws. but one of the most difficult scenarios involves what happens if the judge orders a release of a detainee because the laws of war no longer permit their detention. in that case, if a detainee cannot be repatriated to their home country or a third country the u.s. could face the need to keep that detainee in the u.s. so where does that individual go? >> sir, if we come to that position, which i think we're some ways away from that day we will -- it's a very good question and we will have to plan for that possibility. we don't expect that would happen if we brought the detainees here. but -- >> but it can? i mean, we don't expect it but we can, so what do we do with that person? it has been suggested -- i heard some say well, an immigration detention center. you know, i think the people of the country want a better answer than that, when you
. >> senator donnelly. >> thank you mr. chairman. there are a number of statutory provisions that should render guantanamo detainees relocated to the u.s. inned inadmissible under immigration laws. but one of the most difficult scenarios involves what happens if the judge orders a release of a detainee because the laws of war no longer permit their detention. in that case, if a detainee cannot be repatriated to their home country or a third country the u.s. could face the need to...
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senator donnelly asked if the elimination of isil should be the goal. we all had the experience as foreign relations of visiting with king abdullah at a very emotional and differ time. he said to us, look, we need you desperately, however this is a fight that's the region's fight. if we're not willing to stand up against extremism in the region, there's no amount of outside forces as powerful as they can be who will be able to beat this fight. he really took ownership of it in a way i thought was pretty courageous. do you think it is possible for the united states military to eliminate isil on our own or even with other western nations if the region doesn't go all in to combat the home-grown jihaddism that is exemplified in its motor brutal form by isil? >> we have to have regional partners, because we have to make sure that the defeat inflicted upon isil is a lasting defeat and for that, there needs to be conditions created in the -- where isil is now occupying territory that don't make it a breeding ground for victory for that kind of malignant and vi
senator donnelly asked if the elimination of isil should be the goal. we all had the experience as foreign relations of visiting with king abdullah at a very emotional and differ time. he said to us, look, we need you desperately, however this is a fight that's the region's fight. if we're not willing to stand up against extremism in the region, there's no amount of outside forces as powerful as they can be who will be able to beat this fight. he really took ownership of it in a way i thought...
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. >> senator donnelly. >> thank you, mr. chairman. a recent department of justice report noted there are a number of statutory provisions that should render guantanamo detainees relocated to the u.s. inadmissible under immigration laws. but one of the most difficult scenarios hinted at in the report involves what happens if a judge order the release of a detainee because the laws of war no longer permit their detention. in that case, if a detainee cannot be repatriated to their home country or third country, the u.s. could face the need to keep that detainee in the u.s. so where does that individual go? >> sir, if we come to that position, which i think we're some ways away from that day, it's a very good question and we have to plan for that possibility. we don't expect that would happen if we brought the detainees here. >> but it can. we don't expect it but we can, so what do we do with that person that has been suggested -- i've heard some say an immigration detention center. you know, i think the people of the country want a bette
. >> senator donnelly. >> thank you, mr. chairman. a recent department of justice report noted there are a number of statutory provisions that should render guantanamo detainees relocated to the u.s. inadmissible under immigration laws. but one of the most difficult scenarios hinted at in the report involves what happens if a judge order the release of a detainee because the laws of war no longer permit their detention. in that case, if a detainee cannot be repatriated to their home...
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senator donnelly, i had this conversation with president obama probably three years ago. i was supporting transferring the prisoners from guantanamo bay back to illinois in a mac security setting controlled by the military. and we worked through, what would happen? all these people have had a be as hearings, are entitled to heavy as hearings. no one is at guantanamo today without a federal judge finding that the government's evidence is sufficient to hold them as a combatant. so you transfer them back to united states, do you create new legal rights? we had a statute that would govern that, to make sure they just wouldn't walk out the door. we actually went through that process. the problem is, you got to admit that were at war. you got to tell our friends on the left that these are not just common criminals and they will be governed by the law. it's unfortunate we could not close that discussion, because i think it would have been better for all of us. my goal is to keep people in jail that represent a national security threat to the united states. common sense would tel
senator donnelly, i had this conversation with president obama probably three years ago. i was supporting transferring the prisoners from guantanamo bay back to illinois in a mac security setting controlled by the military. and we worked through, what would happen? all these people have had a be as hearings, are entitled to heavy as hearings. no one is at guantanamo today without a federal judge finding that the government's evidence is sufficient to hold them as a combatant. so you transfer...
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mccaskell donnelly others, was it all talk? it's time for senator cruz and senator sessions and senate republicans and senate democrats to stand with the american people and to block the president's actions. to the goal here is not to run dhs out of money. the goal is to stop the president's executive overreach. >> steven, republicans would need the neats s votes in the senate, is there any indication they have those votes? >> if the bill actually were to get on the floor i'm not even convinced that all of the republicans would be able to vote for the bill as it stands right now with those amendments attached to it that defund both of the president's executive policies granting this deferred action. so so i think that republicans are probably in trouble both on the front end with the democratic filibuster and even on the back end, if they were to get on the bill. >> there may also be an issue among republicans john boehner you heart him calling out ted cruz and jeff sessions, what is that beef among republicans? >> republicans
mccaskell donnelly others, was it all talk? it's time for senator cruz and senator sessions and senate republicans and senate democrats to stand with the american people and to block the president's actions. to the goal here is not to run dhs out of money. the goal is to stop the president's executive overreach. >> steven, republicans would need the neats s votes in the senate, is there any indication they have those votes? >> if the bill actually were to get on the floor i'm not...
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it's time for joe manchin and joe donnelly and all those who say they want bipartisan government to offerills and let it be voted up or down. that process can't occur right now because senate democrats continue to filibuster it. and so now we're going to find out who really does want government to work who really does want legislation to pass because it's not republicans that are holding up the legislation. it's democrats in the senate who are filibustering it. >> michael, you want to take him on on that or do you agree with him? >> i think it's a high-risk strategy for the speaker to shut the government down when it comes to homeland security -- >> we don't have to. >> we don't. we could just pass a bill that doesn't try to do the whole immigration -- have an immigration fight, pass a bill, see how you can get it through. do not shut the government down. it's a dumb political strategy. it hurt the republican brand last time -- >> does he have a point? it did hurt the republican party. >> it's a bad strategy for republicans. as a democrat i'm not going to say they should get out of the wa
it's time for joe manchin and joe donnelly and all those who say they want bipartisan government to offerills and let it be voted up or down. that process can't occur right now because senate democrats continue to filibuster it. and so now we're going to find out who really does want government to work who really does want legislation to pass because it's not republicans that are holding up the legislation. it's democrats in the senate who are filibustering it. >> michael, you want to...
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. >> republican house members signed this to fellow hoosier joe donnelly writing, "we agree with your november 20, 2014 declaration that congress has the sole authority to alter immigration law, and urged him to break away from a senate democrat filibuster. asks john boehner in a fox news sunday exclusive. >> can you promise the american people, with the terror threat only growing, that you are not going to allow funding for the department of homeland security to run out? >> the house has acted. we've done our job. senate democrats are the ones putting us in this precarious position. and it's up to senate democrats to get their act together. >> all i can ask -- >> chris, chris. one more time. the house has done its job under the constitution. it's time for the senate to do their job. >> stepb any hour said the bill would clear the house with mostly democrat votes. >> less than 10% of the republicans who are responsible and want to make sure their country is safe could join us and pass today the homeland security bill. and the president's request for authorization of military force aga
. >> republican house members signed this to fellow hoosier joe donnelly writing, "we agree with your november 20, 2014 declaration that congress has the sole authority to alter immigration law, and urged him to break away from a senate democrat filibuster. asks john boehner in a fox news sunday exclusive. >> can you promise the american people, with the terror threat only growing, that you are not going to allow funding for the department of homeland security to run out?...
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. >> senator donnelly. >> thank you mr. chairman. general, thank you for meeting with me yesterday, i appreciated your time. i agree with that there is a need for more flexibility to do what's needed, that we should look at the situation on the ground and determine from that the decisions that we make. and when we do, you had mentioned before kabul-centric that we might at some point if we found ourselves in a kabul-centric situation. what would that do in areas like kandahar and other areas if we wound up in that situation? >> the plan is that in -- when we go kabul-centric we would have sufficiently worked the cores at the core level that they have the capacity to sustain the fight there. and continue the t.a.a. inside kabul at the ministry level. >> when you look at the numbers that we'll need and there's obviously there's no exact number that you know as you go month to month and take a look, you determine what you need. what are your best ballpark, if you were being given flexibility where we need to be approximately in 2015, 20
. >> senator donnelly. >> thank you mr. chairman. general, thank you for meeting with me yesterday, i appreciated your time. i agree with that there is a need for more flexibility to do what's needed, that we should look at the situation on the ground and determine from that the decisions that we make. and when we do, you had mentioned before kabul-centric that we might at some point if we found ourselves in a kabul-centric situation. what would that do in areas like kandahar and...
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donnelly. mr. hirono. mr. kaine. >> aye by proxy. >> mr. king. mr. heinrich. mr. chairman. >> aye. >> 25 ayes, one no instruction. >> then the motion will be reported favorably of dr. carter's nomination to the senate to the floor of the senate and hopefully we can get a vote perhaps even as early as tomorrow. >> do you want to keep it open? >> we'll leave it opened for senator sullivan to make his wishes known for a while. i'm sure this committee meets today to receive testimony on our nation's defense budget and priorities from the bipartisan national defense panel. this group of former military leaders, members of congress and pentagon officials who served under republican and democratic presidents released their unanimous recommendations in a report on our nation's defense strategy last year. we have with us today two distinguished members of the national defense panel, eric adelman and michele flournoy each served under defense on policy and among experts on both sides of the aisle. we are grateful to you to appear before us today. also like to thank the pane
donnelly. mr. hirono. mr. kaine. >> aye by proxy. >> mr. king. mr. heinrich. mr. chairman. >> aye. >> 25 ayes, one no instruction. >> then the motion will be reported favorably of dr. carter's nomination to the senate to the floor of the senate and hopefully we can get a vote perhaps even as early as tomorrow. >> do you want to keep it open? >> we'll leave it opened for senator sullivan to make his wishes known for a while. i'm sure this committee meets...
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john mccain has been in touch with the mueller family -- >> he has been -- >> constituents with joe donnelly talked with the family through the entire episode. both senators working with the white house and families discussed these special operations forces possibilities. they were involved and i know senator mccain as he told me this personally was in favor of these rescue missions. this particular one where they didn't find them sometimes the intelligence doesn't work out and in other cases people are tipped off and odd set of circumstances. it's very high risk. the president has been dedicated. we saw this and one of the interesting things when kayla mueller's name was first put out two weeks ago accidentally by dennis mcdonough on a sunday morning talk show and there was a great deal of worry that would cause damage for her and all of the networks walked that back to keep it away. it was indicative that the president of the united states and staff had her mind at the tip of their thoughts and were able to reveal that. >> well actually reminds me of how -- how much the reagan white house
john mccain has been in touch with the mueller family -- >> he has been -- >> constituents with joe donnelly talked with the family through the entire episode. both senators working with the white house and families discussed these special operations forces possibilities. they were involved and i know senator mccain as he told me this personally was in favor of these rescue missions. this particular one where they didn't find them sometimes the intelligence doesn't work out and in...
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after the end of the month seven indiana house members have written to fellow whoser senator joe donnelly urging him to reconsider votes against taking up the house passed $40 billion measure. they urge differences with that legislation, funding homeland security should be resolved through the democratic process. meanwhile house democratic whip steny hoyer said it would only take 10% of house republicans to okay a so-called clean homeland security funding package. clean would not try to strip president obama's executive action on i am my disoperation. another top -- immigration. another top democrat took swipe at gop. >> rather than doing responsible thing, pass as clean dhs bill negotiated with democrats and republicans, senate republican leadership decided repeatedly to bang their head against the wall. they have done it three times. they must enjoy it. >> reporter: with lawmakers leaving on a week's recess. it will be down to fund wire funding homeland security when they return to capitol hill. jon: mike emanuel, thank you. jenna: iraqi forces fending off an isis attack at the al-asad
after the end of the month seven indiana house members have written to fellow whoser senator joe donnelly urging him to reconsider votes against taking up the house passed $40 billion measure. they urge differences with that legislation, funding homeland security should be resolved through the democratic process. meanwhile house democratic whip steny hoyer said it would only take 10% of house republicans to okay a so-called clean homeland security funding package. clean would not try to strip...
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>> senator donnelly, thank you very much for the question.g about the dod collaboration and what that really means, what ekt effect it has on the healthcare for veterans. i'm going to ask commissioner boyar to speak to the specifics of that questions before. when you look at recommendation eight we're asking that the committee has authority it doesn't have power now. we're asking that you give it statutory power to implement the recommendations. and when we met with secretary mcdonnell. two things we learned. one we agree with the commission. but could you alwaysso -- this wasn't in our recommendation and i throw this to you because i anticipate the secretary of the va would like to have parity. so when the deputy of the va means with the undersecretary personnel. it is not the same. and if you raise that so that the deputy secretary of the va and the deputy secretary of the dod meet at the joint executive committee and give them the authority with the power to implement, big difference. so with regard to the blended recommendations and the e
>> senator donnelly, thank you very much for the question.g about the dod collaboration and what that really means, what ekt effect it has on the healthcare for veterans. i'm going to ask commissioner boyar to speak to the specifics of that questions before. when you look at recommendation eight we're asking that the committee has authority it doesn't have power now. we're asking that you give it statutory power to implement the recommendations. and when we met with secretary mcdonnell....
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ohio manufacturers as similar to indiana manufacturers, senator donnelly mentioned, must compete against foreign competitors who are subsidized. i agree with your statement this needs to be addressed. two question, first about living wills. the ftic last summer seemed positioned to declare the living wills of some of the nation's largest banks not sufficient. instead, though, the fdic stepped back and together you and the fdic asked for resubmissions in july. two questions, couple questions, two-part question, are you prepared to declare living will cemented during the next round of submissions not credible if they aren't and what actions will you take if the living wills are actually deemed insufficient? >> so we have worked as you mentioned closely with the fdic to give guidance to the largest firms on what we want to see, what changes we want to see in their living wills in order to improve their resolvability. there is significance changes that we've asked for. some pertain to their legal structure. the ability of critical operations that support an entire organization to remain avai
ohio manufacturers as similar to indiana manufacturers, senator donnelly mentioned, must compete against foreign competitors who are subsidized. i agree with your statement this needs to be addressed. two question, first about living wills. the ftic last summer seemed positioned to declare the living wills of some of the nation's largest banks not sufficient. instead, though, the fdic stepped back and together you and the fdic asked for resubmissions in july. two questions, couple questions,...
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senator donnelly said back in november that, he said -- quote -- "the president shouldn't make such significant policy changes on his own." on the same day senator heitkamp said that the president's actions -- quote -- "could poison any hope of compromise or bipartisanship in the senate before it has even started." even the president himself has on 22 separate occasions said that he lacked the authority to rewrite immigration law. 22 times. now he said way back in march of 2011 he said there are enough laws on the books by congress that are very clear in terms of how we have to enforce our immigration system, he said that for me to simply through executive order ignore those congressional mandates would not conform with my appropriate role as president. did he it anyway. he knew it wasn't appropriate but that didn't stop him. well now a federal judge has made it crystal clear the president does not have the authority to act on his own as he did. the president cannot make a new law just because he doesn't like the laws passed by congress. this was a u.s. district court ruling in a lawsuit that 2
senator donnelly said back in november that, he said -- quote -- "the president shouldn't make such significant policy changes on his own." on the same day senator heitkamp said that the president's actions -- quote -- "could poison any hope of compromise or bipartisanship in the senate before it has even started." even the president himself has on 22 separate occasions said that he lacked the authority to rewrite immigration law. 22 times. now he said way back in march of...
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for to greater egyptian intervention because one of the reasons they're going after the cops is donnellycause the preferred enemy, the shia, or nonexistent in libya, but also they have been seeking a way to create greater fractures in egypt itself. to insinuate themselves in egypt. so the idea of having boots on the ground without putting great pressure on the major air countries in the region to sort of cool it on their own internal fight that are greatly affecting the politics, until that happens, i fear it is naÏve to talk about airstrikes and it is incredibly naÏve and duplicitous to talk about boots on the ground. trucks vijay, on that issue of naÏvetÉ, libya was hailed as a model for humanitarian intervention after muammar gaddafi was overthrown and killed. i imagine out as the country unravels into this resting ground for islamist logic groups like isis, defenders of the nato intervention will point back to benghazi. at the time, there appeared to be, in my opinion, back then, a credible threat that muammar gaddafi was going to carry out a massacre in benghazi. the argument was, s
for to greater egyptian intervention because one of the reasons they're going after the cops is donnellycause the preferred enemy, the shia, or nonexistent in libya, but also they have been seeking a way to create greater fractures in egypt itself. to insinuate themselves in egypt. so the idea of having boots on the ground without putting great pressure on the major air countries in the region to sort of cool it on their own internal fight that are greatly affecting the politics, until that...
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senator donnelly said in november "the president shouldn't take such significant policy changes on his own" on the same tie it was said "the president's action could poison any hope of compromise or bipartisan in the senate before it has started". even the president himself on 22 separate occasions said he lacked the authority to rewrite the immigration laws. 22 times. way back in march of 2011 he said there are enough laws on the books by congress that are very clear in terms of how we have to enforce the immigration system. for me to executive order and ignore those congressional mandates would not conform with my appropriate role as president. he did it anyway. he knew it wasn't appropriate. but that didn't stop him. now a federal judge made it crystal clear the president does not have the authority to act on his own as he did. the president cannot make a new law just because he doesn't like the laws passed by congress. this was u.s. district court ruling in a lawsuit that 26 states brought against president obama. usa today described it like this in a front page headline last wedne
senator donnelly said in november "the president shouldn't take such significant policy changes on his own" on the same tie it was said "the president's action could poison any hope of compromise or bipartisan in the senate before it has started". even the president himself on 22 separate occasions said he lacked the authority to rewrite the immigration laws. 22 times. way back in march of 2011 he said there are enough laws on the books by congress that are very clear in...
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. >> senator donnelly. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and madam chair, thanks for your service. i apologize, i had to go in and out of other committees and i know this subject has been brought up. but the issue of wage stagnation that we've seen and the other piece of student debt, when we look at the student debt and the numbers are so high and, you know, it's been a long time, but when i graduated from college you could basically work half -- work an entire summer and wind up paying off about half what your tuition was. how big a drag and you may not have an exact measurement but one of my great concerns has been, in some areas of the country, how do you build up the housing market when the young people who want to buy a house, the money that i saved up for that -- at that time 20% down payment, is now in many cases being used to pay off a student loan and it's a box almost you can never get out of. how big a drag do you see that being on the economy? >> so it's a little bit hard to tell. i mean, the housing market has not recovered in the way that i would have anticipated. it
. >> senator donnelly. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and madam chair, thanks for your service. i apologize, i had to go in and out of other committees and i know this subject has been brought up. but the issue of wage stagnation that we've seen and the other piece of student debt, when we look at the student debt and the numbers are so high and, you know, it's been a long time, but when i graduated from college you could basically work half -- work an entire summer and wind up paying...
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before we turn to senator kaine we want to acknowledge senator scott and donnelly were hear earlier.been called to other appointments but both of them were interested in the issue and were appreciated senator scott. senator kaine. >> and thank you for joining the committee. that's where beer. great to be with you. this has been important testimony. a lot a lot of your testimony is focused on multidisciplinary approach and may end up pulling together the stakeholders. it's sometimes a fragmented system that debris victimizes people who have been through this. i am interested in a report card on this. the gal report in 2012 indicated that the seven federal agencies the consumer bureau protections office, federal trade commission, department of justice a recommendation if they could work together in a more coordinated way so that they are not duplicated but now leaving gaps. those a recommendation these agencies can come together in a more coordinated way so that they are not duplicated in the leaving gaps. what is the degree to which the federal agencies are working on a coordinated wa
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>> senator donnelly, thank you very much for the question. we spend a lot of time talking about the dod collaboration and what that really means, what ekt -- effect it has on the healthcare for veterans. i'm going to ask commissioner boyar to speak to the specifics of that questions before. >> when you look at recommendation eight we're asking that the committee has -- that has authority -- it doesn't have power now. we're asking that you give it statutory power to implement the recommendations. and when we met with secretary mcdonnell. two things we learned. one we agree with the commission. this wasn't in our recommendation and i throw this to you because i anticipate the secretary of the va would like to have parity. so when the joint committee meets with the undersecretary personnel. it is not the same. and if you raise that so that the deputy secretary of the va and the deputy secretary of the dod meet at the joint executive committee and give them the authority with the power to implement, big difference. so with regard to the blended r
>> senator donnelly, thank you very much for the question. we spend a lot of time talking about the dod collaboration and what that really means, what ekt -- effect it has on the healthcare for veterans. i'm going to ask commissioner boyar to speak to the specifics of that questions before. >> when you look at recommendation eight we're asking that the committee has -- that has authority -- it doesn't have power now. we're asking that you give it statutory power to implement the...
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. >> senator donnelly? >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you and your family and i also want to thank secretary hagel for his service as secretary of defense and to our nation. he took the point in vietnam. he took the point for our defense department and we're grateful for what he's done. i was privileged to travel with some other senators recently to the middle east, and we talked to a number of the nations there. and i just want to make sure that, in your mind do you believe when we look at isis our goal should be to eliminate them on a permanent basis? >> yes, i do. >> one of my concerns is time. and what i mean by that is when you look at the map of where they were a year ago, where they are now they've substantially grown. and so we have windows that we're working in, and when we look at our plan, i'm concerned about how we look at the depth and the size of our plan, that what it really does, they have 30,000. we're talking hundreds. it gives them time to go even more, and you worry about a tipping point where "x" crosses "y," a
. >> senator donnelly? >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you and your family and i also want to thank secretary hagel for his service as secretary of defense and to our nation. he took the point in vietnam. he took the point for our defense department and we're grateful for what he's done. i was privileged to travel with some other senators recently to the middle east, and we talked to a number of the nations there. and i just want to make sure that, in your mind do you believe when...
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so far, manchin mccaskill, donnelly heitkamp, franken king, an independent tester and carper are votingdemocrats to filibuster so the bill has been stuck in the senate. the house homeland security chairman has offered this appeal for action. >> i would hope they would take it up in the fat to allow for debate. in the final analysis we can not shut down a national security agency when the threat environment is so high out there. i think that would be unwise and dangerous course of action. >> reporter: again we expect a procedural vote in the senate later today. if that doesn't work it will be time for plan b bill. bill: let's talk about that. if those senate democrats don't stop the filibuster what then would happen mike? >> reporter: some are arguing let the courts handle this after a texas judge issued an injunction on president obama's executive action. there are good signs the courts will rebuke the president for going beyond his authority. others are saying they simply do not want to risk a shut down. >> i don't believe we will. we now have an exit sign and that is, the federal cour
so far, manchin mccaskill, donnelly heitkamp, franken king, an independent tester and carper are votingdemocrats to filibuster so the bill has been stuck in the senate. the house homeland security chairman has offered this appeal for action. >> i would hope they would take it up in the fat to allow for debate. in the final analysis we can not shut down a national security agency when the threat environment is so high out there. i think that would be unwise and dangerous course of action....
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senator donnelly did not look at i understand this. is also about global strat geechl and the national security. i am just. no. i want to make it clear this. is my personal opinion and that is what i am asking. this will not reflect at members of the panel i have your presence here to take advantage of my view is we should be doing more much earlier again the president has said longing a that al-assad must go. agree with that. i do not think that there is anyway that the problem can be resolved as long as al-assad is there. what do you think that we do now moving forward? i think that the problem in syria is that we are relying almost totally on the airpower and we have not very good intelligence because we have no presence on the ground and we have to find a kind of surrogate as peshmerga in iraq. and a shia militia in iraq. we have to find a surrogate of syria with whom we will work and that goes to the issue of arming of the moderate syrian opposition and getting them to the information where they can do something. we would have bee
senator donnelly did not look at i understand this. is also about global strat geechl and the national security. i am just. no. i want to make it clear this. is my personal opinion and that is what i am asking. this will not reflect at members of the panel i have your presence here to take advantage of my view is we should be doing more much earlier again the president has said longing a that al-assad must go. agree with that. i do not think that there is anyway that the problem can be resolved...
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we want to acknowledge senator scott and donnelly were hear earlier.f them were interested in the issue and were appreciated senator scott. >> and thank you for joining the committee. that's where beer. great to be with you. this has been important testimony. a lot a lot of your testimony is focused on multidisciplinary approach and may end up pulling together the work holders. it's sometimes a fragmented system the gal report in 2012 indicated that the seven federal agencies the consumer bureau protections office, federal trade commission, department of justice a recommendation if they could work together in a more coordinated way so that they are not duplicated but now leaving gaps. 's quarterly all of those major agencies come together. i suspect some of them had never thought about elder abuse before having to come to those meetings i know my organization has worked closely with the social security administration exploiting victims to work more effectively with aps a pilot project underway. i think that is being replicated across the board where th
we want to acknowledge senator scott and donnelly were hear earlier.f them were interested in the issue and were appreciated senator scott. >> and thank you for joining the committee. that's where beer. great to be with you. this has been important testimony. a lot a lot of your testimony is focused on multidisciplinary approach and may end up pulling together the work holders. it's sometimes a fragmented system the gal report in 2012 indicated that the seven federal agencies the consumer...
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donnelly. mr. king. mr. heinreich. mr. chairman? >> 25 ayes, one no instruction. >> it will be reported favorably to the floor of the senate and hopefully we can get a vote perhaps even as early as tomorrow. >> do you want to keep it open for sullivan to vote? >> no. we'll leave it open for senator sullivan to make his wishes known. for awhile. the armed services committee meets today to receive testimony on our nation's defense budget and priorities from the bipartisan national defense panel. this group of former military leaders, members of congress and pentagon officials that served release a report on our nation's defense strategy last year. we have with us two distinguish distinguished members with us today. they are among the most respected defense experts on both sides of the aisle. we're grateful for you to appear before us today. also dr. william perry for his leadership and the panels members and staff for their diligent work. the national defense panel's bipartisan and consensus report is a compelling statement of the daw
donnelly. mr. king. mr. heinreich. mr. chairman? >> 25 ayes, one no instruction. >> it will be reported favorably to the floor of the senate and hopefully we can get a vote perhaps even as early as tomorrow. >> do you want to keep it open for sullivan to vote? >> no. we'll leave it open for senator sullivan to make his wishes known. for awhile. the armed services committee meets today to receive testimony on our nation's defense budget and priorities from the bipartisan...
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. >> senator donnelly. >> thank you mr. chairman. thank you and your family and i want to thank secretary hagel. he took the point in vietnam. he took the point for our defense department. and we're grateful for what he's done. i was privileged to travel with some other senators recently to the middle east and we talked to a number of the nations there, and i just want to make sure that in your mind, do you believe when we look at isis our goal should be to eliminate them on a permanent basis? >> yes i do. >> one of my concerns is time. and what i mean by that is when you look at the map of where they were, a year ago where they are now, they substantially have again. so we have windows that we're working in and when we look at our plan, i'm concerned about how when you look at the depth and the size of our plan, that what it really does, they have 30,000, we're talking hundreds. it gives them time to grow even more and you worry about a tipping point where x crosses y and they become much more difficult. and so what kind of time pla
. >> senator donnelly. >> thank you mr. chairman. thank you and your family and i want to thank secretary hagel. he took the point in vietnam. he took the point for our defense department. and we're grateful for what he's done. i was privileged to travel with some other senators recently to the middle east and we talked to a number of the nations there, and i just want to make sure that in your mind, do you believe when we look at isis our goal should be to eliminate them on a...
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. >> senator donnelly? >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you and your family and i also want to thank secretary hagel for his service as secretary of defense and to our nation. he took the point in vietnam. he took the point for our defense department and we're grateful for what he's done. i was privileged to travel with some other senators recently to the middle east, and we talked to a number of the nations there. and i just want to make sure that, in your mind do you believe when we look at isis our goal should be to eliminate them on a permanent basis? >> yes, i do. >> one of my concerns is time. and what i mean by that is when you look at the map of where they were a year ago, where they are now they've substantially grown. and so we have windows that we're working in, and when we look at our plan, i'm concerned about how we look at the depth and the size of our plan, that what it really does, they have 30,000. we're talking hundreds. it gives them time to go even more, and you worry about a tipping point where "x" crosses "y," a
. >> senator donnelly? >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you and your family and i also want to thank secretary hagel for his service as secretary of defense and to our nation. he took the point in vietnam. he took the point for our defense department and we're grateful for what he's done. i was privileged to travel with some other senators recently to the middle east, and we talked to a number of the nations there. and i just want to make sure that, in your mind do you believe when...
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donnelly: thank you. mr. president, back -- madam president, back in 1973 a young man caught a lucky break that changed his life. that young man was me. and it was my acceptance letter to the university of notre dame and it opened up the gates of opportunity for me. last night the beloved president emeritus of notre dame, father ted hesburg passed away at the age of 97. on his last day father ted said mass in the morning and passed away 12 hours later. he counseled presidents and popes, but he with was first and foremost a priest. one month ministered to the homeless the poor, and those in need. and that is when he was also happiest. we were so lucky to have him touch our lives. and those of us in indiana were fortunate enough to experience him as our friend and neighbor. nobody who ever walked the streets of south bend could forget father ted driving around in his little ford mustang giving a wave to everybody he saw. our country and the world is a better place because of father ted. he loved his god his cou
donnelly: thank you. mr. president, back -- madam president, back in 1973 a young man caught a lucky break that changed his life. that young man was me. and it was my acceptance letter to the university of notre dame and it opened up the gates of opportunity for me. last night the beloved president emeritus of notre dame, father ted hesburg passed away at the age of 97. on his last day father ted said mass in the morning and passed away 12 hours later. he counseled presidents and popes, but he...
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. >> senator donnelly. >> thank you, mr. chairman and madam chair. thank you for your service.his subject has been brought up. but the issue of wage stagnation that we've seen and the other piece of student debt, when we look at the student debt and the numbers are so high and you know it has been a long time, but when i graduated from college you could work an entire summer and wind up paying about half of what your tuition was. how big of a drag and you may not have an exact measurement, but one of my great concerns is in some areas of the country how do you build up the housing market when the young people who want to buy a house, the money that i saved up for that, at that time 20% down payment is now, in many cases being used to pay off a student loan and it is a box almost you can never get out of. so how big of a drag do you see that being on the economy? >> so, it is a little bit hard to tell. i mean the housing market has not recovered in the way that i would have anticipated. it has been very slowly improving. but household formation has been extremely low in the unit
. >> senator donnelly. >> thank you, mr. chairman and madam chair. thank you for your service.his subject has been brought up. but the issue of wage stagnation that we've seen and the other piece of student debt, when we look at the student debt and the numbers are so high and you know it has been a long time, but when i graduated from college you could work an entire summer and wind up paying about half of what your tuition was. how big of a drag and you may not have an exact...
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. >> senator donnelly? >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you and your family and i also want to thank secretary hagel for his service as secretary of defense and to our nation. he took the point in vietnam. he took the point for our defense department and we're grateful for what he's done. i was privileged to travel with some other senators recently to the middle east, and we talked to a number of the nations there. and i just want to make sure that, in your mind do you believe when we look at isis our goal should be to eliminate them on a permanent basis? >> yes, i do. >> one of my concerns is time. and what i mean by that is when you look at the map of where they were a year ago, where they are now they've substantially grown. and so we have windows that we're working in, and when we look at our plan, i'm concerned about how we look at the depth and the size of our plan, that what it really does, they have 30,000. we're talking hundreds. it gives them time to go even more, and you worry about a tipping point where "x" crosses "y," a
. >> senator donnelly? >> thank you, mr. chairman. thank you and your family and i also want to thank secretary hagel for his service as secretary of defense and to our nation. he took the point in vietnam. he took the point for our defense department and we're grateful for what he's done. i was privileged to travel with some other senators recently to the middle east, and we talked to a number of the nations there. and i just want to make sure that, in your mind do you believe when...
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return to this point and return to the point that i think not only senator graham made but senator donnelly made. there are some of these folks who will never be transferred, never be released that are clearly a real risk. at some point if we want to close guantanamo we need to do something with them and if you don't have statutory authority to insure their detention, should they be transferred to some sort of high secure facility in the continental united states, i suggest you spell out what kind of authority you need and ask this body for that authority because at some point, we're going to have to deal with that situation. i want to return to the statistics quickly the data and make sure i understand those correctly. i have heard repeatedly again and again from not only colleagues but in this press of 30%, 33% residcidivismrecidivism. i want to make sure i understand and you're very clear about the data. if i understand your testimony, that since the inner agency review process was put in place, since that time the recidivism data suggests you reduced that from 33% in the previous admini
return to this point and return to the point that i think not only senator graham made but senator donnelly made. there are some of these folks who will never be transferred, never be released that are clearly a real risk. at some point if we want to close guantanamo we need to do something with them and if you don't have statutory authority to insure their detention, should they be transferred to some sort of high secure facility in the continental united states, i suggest you spell out what...
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trade is another issue and your predecessor issued trade efficiency and as sarah donnell -- senator donnelly mentioned, agree this needs to be addressed. two questions. first about living wills. the fdic last summer seemed in position to declare the living wills of some of the nation's largest banks not sufficient, instead though the fdic step back and together you and the fdic ask for resubmissions in july. a couple of questions, two-part question. are you prepared to declare living wills submitted during the next round of submissions notyr credible, if in fact, they aren't. and what actions will you take if the living wills are actually deemed insufficient. >> so, we have worked, as you mentioned, closely with the fdic, to give guidance to the largest firms on what we want to see, what changes we want to see in their living wills in order to improve their resolve ability. there are significant changes that we've asked for. some pertain to their legal structure, the ability of crit ral operations -- critical operations that support an entire organization to remain available to the firm in a
trade is another issue and your predecessor issued trade efficiency and as sarah donnell -- senator donnelly mentioned, agree this needs to be addressed. two questions. first about living wills. the fdic last summer seemed in position to declare the living wills of some of the nation's largest banks not sufficient, instead though the fdic step back and together you and the fdic ask for resubmissions in july. a couple of questions, two-part question. are you prepared to declare living wills...
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donnelly. mr. ono. mr. cane. >> aye by proxy. >> mr. king. mr. heinrich. mr. chairman. >> aye. >> 25 ayes, one no instruction. >> then the motion will be reported favorably of dr. carter's nomination to the senate to the floor of the senate and hopefully we can get a vote perhaps even as early as tomorrow. >> do you want to keep it open? >> we'll leave it opened for senator sullivan to make his wishes known for a while. i'm sure this committee meets today to receive testimony on our nation's defense budget and priorities from the bipartisan national defense panel. this group of former military leaders, members of congress and pentagon officials who served under republican and democratic presidents released their unanimous recommendations in a report on our nation's defense strategy last year. we have with us today two distinguished members of the national defense panel, eric adelman and michele flournoy, each served under defense on policy and among experts on both sides of the aisle. we are grateful to you to appear before us today. also like to thank the pan
donnelly. mr. ono. mr. cane. >> aye by proxy. >> mr. king. mr. heinrich. mr. chairman. >> aye. >> 25 ayes, one no instruction. >> then the motion will be reported favorably of dr. carter's nomination to the senate to the floor of the senate and hopefully we can get a vote perhaps even as early as tomorrow. >> do you want to keep it open? >> we'll leave it opened for senator sullivan to make his wishes known for a while. i'm sure this committee meets...
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odierno, thank you for mentioning in your brief the reserve and national guard forces and also senator donnelly for bringing that point up as well. we do feel the impact. we are hurting through sequestration. with respect to the dod and sequestration general you mentioned just this morning that we must appropriately care for our soldiers and our soldiers and their families are bearing the burden of our decisions. we must train, maintain and sustain our force and our equipment. but with sequestration in place we also recognize we have to utilize taxpayer dollars to the best of our ability. could you please give examples to the panel on where we are holding our military leaders accountable and how they are best utilizing taxpayer dollars at such a time as this? >> there are couple of things we continue to do that i think are important. we are reducing all of our headquarters and the reason we are doing that is so we can get more capability to soldiers that are serving. we made a decision in the army to reduce all of our our headquarters down to the two-star level by 25% and with that to free up d
odierno, thank you for mentioning in your brief the reserve and national guard forces and also senator donnelly for bringing that point up as well. we do feel the impact. we are hurting through sequestration. with respect to the dod and sequestration general you mentioned just this morning that we must appropriately care for our soldiers and our soldiers and their families are bearing the burden of our decisions. we must train, maintain and sustain our force and our equipment. but with...
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and other leaders of organized labor when you have a president who praised unions, democrats for donnellyet union support and you have a president saying i need this authority? guest: whenever he is right, we support him and when he is not we do not. it is like having a disagreement with your spouse. you do not always agree with your spouse and you have a disagreement, you talk it through and try to come to a resolution. on this one, he is already made up his mind unfortunately. he is on a trajectory that will send a product out. we have been trying to make sure the tpt or the transpacific partnership is worthy of the american people. that it does not drive wages down. every trade agreements that is been negotiated by every president has driven wages down for the american people. it is time to reverse that process and use trade to lift up the standard of living of workers on both sides of the trade agreement. host: richard trumka. our phone lines are open. you can also send us a tweet at c-span w j. rich is joining us on the independent line. caller: i am watching this guy. i've written t
and other leaders of organized labor when you have a president who praised unions, democrats for donnellyet union support and you have a president saying i need this authority? guest: whenever he is right, we support him and when he is not we do not. it is like having a disagreement with your spouse. you do not always agree with your spouse and you have a disagreement, you talk it through and try to come to a resolution. on this one, he is already made up his mind unfortunately. he is on a...
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senator donnelly said back in november that, he said -- quote -- "the president shouldn't make such significant policy changes on his own." on the same day senator heitkamp said that the president's actions -- quote -- "could poison any hope of compromise or bipartisanship in the senate before it has even started." even the president himself has on 22 separate occasions said that he lacked the authority to rewrite immigration law. 22 times. now he said way back in march of 2011 he said there are enough laws on the books by congress that are very clear in terms of how we have to enforce our immigration system, he said that for me to simply through executive order ignore those congressional mandates would not conform with my appropriate role as president. did he it anyway. he knew it wasn't appropriate but that didn't stop him. well now a federal judge has made it crystal clear the president does not have the authority to act on his own as he did. the president cannot make a new law just because he doesn't like the laws passed by congress. this was a u.s. district court ruling in a lawsuit that 2
senator donnelly said back in november that, he said -- quote -- "the president shouldn't make such significant policy changes on his own." on the same day senator heitkamp said that the president's actions -- quote -- "could poison any hope of compromise or bipartisanship in the senate before it has even started." even the president himself has on 22 separate occasions said that he lacked the authority to rewrite immigration law. 22 times. now he said way back in march of...